2. Plan a Tropical Vacation

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Buy the tickets. Mark the calendar. A looming beach vacation will inspire her to rediscover her beach body. Frankly, it couldn’t hurt you either (nobody believes you’re wearing the t-shirt because of the risk of sunburn). Encourage her with positive comments, like “I can’t wait to see you in that bathing suit,” and so on. Dude, is this really that hard? (If you’re feeling impatient with the process, please revisit points one and two).